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The club now has over-water kit available for loan to members planning water crossings.

The kit is located in the tea room / booking out room of Jim Greenshield's cabin at Dunkeswell. Booking out is simple. Just contact Bernard Bader on 01823 256046 to advise when the kit is "out" and when it is "returned". The kit is in a grey sports bag and includes the instructions set out below.

Kit Contents:
Personal Locator Beacon (McMurdo 210)
 1 of
Life Jackets (Aerosafe)
 2 of
Kit Documentation Folder
 1 of

  Folder Contains:-            

  • Kit Usage Instructions
  • Personal Locator Beacon Instructions
  • Life Jacket Owners Manual
  • CAA Safety Sense Ditching leaflet   
  • Kit Maintenance Record


IMPORTANT NOTE:

DO NOT CARRY OUT BATTERY OR GPS TESTING ON THE PLB. AN ANNUAL TEST WILL BE CARRIED OUT AND RECORDED IN THE KIT MAINTENANCE LOG ONCE A YEAR BY A NOMINATED CLUB MEMBER.  THIS IS BECAUSE THE EXPIRY DATE OF THE PLB BATTERY (APRIL 2015) CANNOT BE ACHIEVED IF THE MAXIMUM OF ALLOWED PLB BATTERY AND GPS TESTS OVER A 5 YEAR PERIOD IS EXCEEDED.

Penalty for bringing back the kit wet - hosting the next club night on ditching!

Information regarding crossing the Channel can be found here.

 

Devon & Somerset Microlight Club
Dunkeswell Airfield, Dunkeswell, Nr. Honiton, Devon EX14 4LJ
Club Tel: 01823 256046
Flying School Tel: 01404 891880